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Long story: some of you will be aware of my being (many years ago) in a Sydney country rock band called the "Rusty Dusty Brothers" (the RDB Myspace site is at http://www.myspace.com/rustydustybrothers ). After meeting up with 3/4 of the rest of the band recently, this was meant to be a song we could do together. A nostalgic number about the old days. With one thing and another I ended up doing a "sketch track" on my own which ended up with this. I'm still hoping we can do a version of this together : )
Usual instrumentation - Jan sings the very high harmony in the chorus.
Thanks for the advice Alf - made me think a bit about starting bars for sure.
Play it loud!
Usual instrumentation - Jan sings the very high harmony in the chorus.
Thanks for the advice Alf - made me think a bit about starting bars for sure.
Play it loud!
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Lyrics
Rusty Dusty Nights
© 2006 Neil Porter
Long ago in a distant town
Moon was on the rise
We were getting ‘round
Late at night on a smoky stage
Used to burn so bright
On a different page
There were moments
When the gods were smiling down
When the boys up front
Just hit the notes so right
Ringing guitars
Rhythm section's locked things down
Seemed like golden days of
Rusty Dusty nights
Hopeful songs, wasn’t sure just how they came
We were on our own
No-one sounded quite the same
Things just rolled along
The band was getting tight
Stoking up the monster
Looking forward to each night
There were moments
When the gods were smiling down
When the boys up front
Just hit the notes so right
Ringing guitars
Rhythm section's locked things down
Seemed like golden days of
Rusty Dusty nights
Years have passed, and some things have changed
But mostly things have
Stayed the same
Different times but the bond remains
We’re all older now
Than we were back then
There were moments
When the gods were smiling down
When the boys up front
Just hit the notes so right
Ringing guitars
Rhythm section's locked things down
Seemed like golden days of
Rusty Dusty nights
© 2006 Neil Porter
Long ago in a distant town
Moon was on the rise
We were getting ‘round
Late at night on a smoky stage
Used to burn so bright
On a different page
There were moments
When the gods were smiling down
When the boys up front
Just hit the notes so right
Ringing guitars
Rhythm section's locked things down
Seemed like golden days of
Rusty Dusty nights
Hopeful songs, wasn’t sure just how they came
We were on our own
No-one sounded quite the same
Things just rolled along
The band was getting tight
Stoking up the monster
Looking forward to each night
There were moments
When the gods were smiling down
When the boys up front
Just hit the notes so right
Ringing guitars
Rhythm section's locked things down
Seemed like golden days of
Rusty Dusty nights
Years have passed, and some things have changed
But mostly things have
Stayed the same
Different times but the bond remains
We’re all older now
Than we were back then
There were moments
When the gods were smiling down
When the boys up front
Just hit the notes so right
Ringing guitars
Rhythm section's locked things down
Seemed like golden days of
Rusty Dusty nights
Rebsie
I love these old photos you've been posting, they are so cool! Of course you realise there are hundreds of young musicians on myspace trying to fake that early 70s look ...
Impossible to keep still when listening to this. It has a lovely bounce in its stride. Nostalgic it may be, but the melody is all optimism and joy. The harmonies are beautifully done and the jangly guitar is full of sunshine. Very enjoyable.
I hope you have a lot of fun when you get the chance to play this together!